Films starring Naome Harris that I've seen:
28 Days Later
After the Sunset
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Street Kings
Ninja Assassin
Skyfall
Southpaw
Spectre
Moonlight
Best Performance: Moonlight (2016)
No disrespect to Viola Davis, who was very good in Fences, but Harris got ROBBED for Best Supporting Actress at the 2016 Oscars. Her alarmingly convincing portrayal of a crack addict was the clear standout element of an otherwise pretty overrated film.
Worst Performance: Ninja Assassin (2009)
Ninja Assassin dragged every time it wasn't focused on slice-and-dice carnage and Harris was the embodiment of the film's sins. Her one-note police detective character, who is arguably on-screen more than the titular character, represents the filmmaker's indefensible choice to dedicate so much time to a stone-serious narrative. Putting an emphasis on a dull plot about a high-ranking federal agent trying to crack this convoluted political conspiracy over mindless action prevented this from being the gory throwback to the glory days of the martial arts genre it aspired to be.
Best Film: 28 Days Later (2002)
Danny Boyle's lone foray into the world of horror (thus far) is a tense, brutal and inventive masterpiece that rewrote the rules of the zombie genre forever. It also forced me to dismiss a series of ignorant takes on horror films and how they were incapable of achieving true greatness that I had during my early teenage years, so thanks for that wake-up call Danny.
Worst Film: After the Sunset (2004)
After the Sunset, an action comedy centered around a prospective diamond robbery in the Bahamas that featured an elite ensemble cast led by Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek, Woody Harrelson and Don Cheadle, is the Jeb Bush of heist films: vanilla, low energy and adept at repeatedly blowing easy W's. Sad!
Thank you for reading this week's edition of “The Best and Worst of”. The next victim of my praise and ire will be “Traffik” star William Fichtner.
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